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Health, Safety and Wellness Fair

The 2026 Health Safety and Wellness Fair is scheduled for Thursday, October 29 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Founding Deans Atrium (SCI_W_ATR).

Enjoy a FREE snack while you visit the various booths that will include experts from Sun Life, TELUS Health, Therapeutic Pets of Canada, and more, view the pumpkins entered into this year's Pumpkin Carving Contest, and enter your name in a draw for a chance to win one of several prizes.

Pumpkin Carving Contest Returns!

The Pumpkin Carving Contest returns this year. Staff/Faculty work together to carve and/or decorate a pumpkin for your chance of being crowned Pumpkin Carving Contest champions!

How it works:

  1. Form a group of participants with your colleagues.
  2. Have one colleague request a free pumpkin from the Wellness at Work team, by completing this Pumpkin Carving Contest - Pumpkin Request eForm by Wednesday, October 14.
  3. The Wellness at Work team will connect with you to arrange pick-up/delivery to your location the week of October 21 (North and Downtown dates to be determined)
  4. Choose which category you’d like to enter: Carving or Decorating
  5. Work with your colleagues to create your pumpkin masterpiece
  6. Bring your pumpkin and pumpkin submission form to the Science Building, Founding Deans Atrium on Thursday, October 29 (no later than 11 a.m.), to be displayed at the Health, Safety and Wellness Fair from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
  7. Pumpkins are yours to keep - please remove your pumpkin from the Atrium by 2pm

Judging:

Pumpkins will be viewed during the Health Safety and Wellness Fair and then pictures shared with the Ontario Tech Community to vote on the best carved and best decorated pumpkin from each category. Yes, there are prizes!

Please direct questions to wellnessatwork@ontariotechu.ca.  

Honey for Sale

Wildflower honey, produced right here on campus at the university farm lands, will be available for sale. Proceeds support the operation and growth of the university's Pollinator Project. Each jar contains unpasteurized wildflower honey.

Screen Cleaning Plush Dog Give-awayscreen cleaner plush dog

Employees who add Healthy Habits with Hunter to their laptop/computer/device will receive a screen cleaning plush dog (while supplies last).  Email wellnessatwork@ontariotechu.ca with your internal mailing location and we'll send you your plush dog. 

 

Questions

Please email wellnessatwork@ontariotechu.ca if you have questions or need more information about the upcoming fair.  Hope to see you there!